FIVE POINTS JAZZ FESTIVAL @ FIVE POINTS | SAT, 5/11/13 Since starting a decade ago, the Five Points Jazz Festival has been celebrating the music, culture and history of Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood by highlighting local jazz acts. Acts on the main stage of this year’s festival include the…
So this happened. This past Saturday night in Indianapolis, in an airplane hangar somewhere, Peyton Manning offered up this chilling rendition of “Folsom Prison Blues” with Luke Bryan. Clearly, Manning is an upgrade from Tebow in more ways than one. Want more? You got it. The Broncos’ QB also karaoked…
Update, 11 a.m. 5/01/13: We just added a photo post tribute to Chris Haney containing some of the photos that will be featured in a slide show at the memorial this Friday at the Gothic Theatre in remembrance of Chris Haney. Keep reading for details on the memorial and for…
VICEROY @ BAR STANDARD | 4/26/13 I arrived fashionably late for Viceroy’s guest DJ gig at Denver Disco. The San Francisco based DJs appearance at Bar Standard was definitely one of the more anticipated events of the spring. The Viceroy vibe is “summer all the time,” and that definitely comes…
JAMES BLAKE @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/28/13 The last thing James Blake wants to be is the center of attention. He took a seat stage left last night at a crowded Ogden and barely moved or acknowledged the crowd of adoring fans gathered together to see him. Not a surprise…
BONOBO @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/26/13 A capacity crowd filled the Ogden to see Bonobo this past weekend. However, words like “sold out” and “capacity” don’t accurately describe the electric scene inside and outside the theater. Every nook and cranny of the theater from the rafters to the rear of…
KVELERTAK @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 4/30/13 With a name that translates roughly to “stranglehold” in Norwegian, this sextet has spent the last six years cultivating a sound that feels like a mixture of black metal and the Stooges, Cave In and Converge. Fittingly, the frontman of that last act, Kurt…
Just received some harrowing news: Barry Fey has passed away. As anyone who’s lived in Denver for any amount of time knows, Barry was a legendary and revered figure worldwide, but especially here in the Colorado music scene. We’ll have much more in-depth coverage about Barry and his life in…
The American Express Centurion Card is the ultimate status symbol. Otherwise known as the Black Card, the card is issued on an invitation-only basis — according to Wikipedia, whose word we’re going to have to take because we know precisely zero cardholders — to the upper echelon of the upper…
This weekend, the Matchbox at 2625 Larimer is celebrating its second anniversary. When the owners first opened the bar two years ago, they made a decision to make the space available for various nonprofits. That decision has clearly paid off. The concept of “doing well by doing good,” says co-owner…
A genuine craftsman from the days when DJs played actual records and an encouraging reminder that some in fact still do, Derek Plaslaiko is truly a DJ’s DJ. The Michigan native was a fixture on the Detroit rave scene from the mid-’90s until 2004, when he relocated to New York…
SPEAKEASY TIGER @ MARQUIS THEATER | SAT, 4/27/13 Half a decade ago, Speakeasy Tiger seemed to be in the right place at the right time, with a kind of electro-rock that was equal parts Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Gossip, only gone in a more pop direction. The group got…
BONOBO @ OGDEN THEATRE | FRI, 4/26/13 Simon Green’s Bonobo project has taken chilled-out downtempo on a meandering journey through complex syncopation, sweeping strings and heavy bass lines since 1999, when he released the single “Terrapin” on the Tru Thoughts label. Since then, Green has created four full-length albums for…
Before it was even released, “Get Lucky,” the first single from Daft Punk’s forthcoming album “Random Access Memories,” set the world on fire. From the fan edits of the track to the sixty second commercial from Saturday Night Live to the album teaser from Coachella, “Get Lucky” generated more than…
Time and distance provide perspective — isn’t that what they say? Sure enough, the further removed we are from the recent Boston Marathon bombing, the more the picture appears to be coming into focus of the two brothers alleged to have conducted the terror plot. From analyzing their online presence,…
A. Tom Collins, the five-piece band fronted by Aaron Collins, has a sound that’s equal parts ragtime, honky tonk blues and tin pan alley. The outfit, which has smartly left its rough edges intact, is driven by Collins’s piano and impassioned vocals, and while the act may teeter on the…
Update, 04/25/13: Congratulations @coloradodirt. Please shoot us an email for details on how to claim your tickets. Joe King of the Fray is slated to make his live solo debut tonight at the Bluebird Theater in support of Breaking, his brand new album, which dropped earlier this week. Nathaniel Rateliff…
Music is life. Or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be listening…
It’s influenced by everything I grew up on, from American traditions to the Middle Eastern traditions of my father,” says Men in Burka’s Kamran Khan, describing his group’s sound. “I didn’t grow up in a mosque. I didn’t grow up a Muslim, but I was definitely influenced by that culture…
Half a decade ago, Speakeasy Tiger (due this Saturday, April 27, at the Marquis Theater) seemed to be in the right place at the right time, with a kind of electro-rock that was equal parts Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Gossip, only gone in a more pop direction. The group…
Whether he’s producing the fastest, tightest, most insistent drum-and-bass tracks you’ve ever heard or dropping a set that’s pure whomp-based dubstep, it’s clear that Damian Higgins selected an appropriate moniker when he started making music as Dieselboy. His sound is immediately identifiable — slick, dark and powerful, with an underlying…
In the ’90s, Sean Tillman performed in both noise-rock band Calvin Krime and the more pop-oriented Sean Na Na while still a teenager in the Minneapolis area. Around the turn of this century, he created Har Mar Superstar, a bombastic hip-hop/R&B persona that delivers suitably single-entendre lyrics. The act is…
